Restroom Ratings » Italy http://www.restroomratings.com Celebrating the Joy of the Public Restroom Since 2001 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:19:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Uffizi Gallery http://www.restroomratings.com/uffizi-gallery/ http://www.restroomratings.com/uffizi-gallery/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:54:36 +0000 Jon http://www.restroomratings.com/?p=577 In a museum filled with such great art, I expected a moderate to exceptional restroom… but I forgot that I was in Europe. I needed to go #2, badly. Upon entering the facilities it seemed as a normal public restroom, nothing great… however, once entering the stall I noticed otherwise. I had to pick the middle stall, the cleanest of all. It had no seat, only the bowl which was covered in #2’s. I was at a state of emergency so I decided I had to use this facility. Gripping the doorhandle to hold me up so that none of myself touched the disgusting mess below, while squatting above I was praying that the door lock holding me up would not break. I’m serious in the fact that the entire stall doors and walls of the one I was in and the ones attached (all others) were leaning in towards me and I thought it would break at any moment.

I was doumbfounded… a museum with such spectaclure art and culture (not to mention the 6 hour wait in line to get in) would have such poorly maintained facilities. Honestly, this was worse than the worst port-o-potty I’ve ever seen by far.

]]> http://www.restroomratings.com/uffizi-gallery/feed/ 0 Uffizi Gallery http://www.restroomratings.com/391/ http://www.restroomratings.com/391/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 Jon Beautiful front-lit, frosted glass doors greet you as you enter and contemplate your upcoming endeavor. The facilities were spotlessly clean. The toilets were equipped with automatic flushers, although they fired a bit prematurely. The wash sinks were a beauty to behold. The long, canoe-shaped sinks had automatic faucets (with very warm water!). The soap dispensers were also automatic with wonderfully fragrant soap. The mood lighting in the restroom put one at ease. Paper towels, while pedestrian in appearance, were nonetheless plentiful. Best of all, departing from European tradition, use of the Uffizi restrooms was completely free of charge (with paid admission ticket of course!). All in all, one of not- to- be missed attractions of Florence.

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